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About Entavir 1 mg Tablet
Entavir 1 mg Tablet is used to treat chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Hepatitis B is a severe liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is highly contagious and spreads through intimate contact with the infected person and direct contact with infected blood.
Entavir 1 mg Tablet contains Entecavir, which helps prevent the virus from replicating and reduces the amount of hepatitis B virus in the body.
Take Entavir 1 mg Tablet as advised by the doctor. In some cases, you may experience dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, extreme tiredness, inability to sleep, diarrhoea, or indigestion. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention. However, if the side effects worsen, please consult your doctor.
If you are allergic to Entavir 1 mg Tablet or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please consult a doctor before taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet . It is recommended to use effective contraceptive methods while using Entavir 1 mg Tablet to avoid pregnancy. If you have HIV/AIDS, kidney or liver problems, inform your doctor before taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet .
Uses of Entavir 1 mg Tablet
Entavir 1 mg Tablet is used in the treatment of chronic (long-term) hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The detailed uses of Entavir 1 mg Tablet are as follows:
- Treatment of Chronic HBV Infection: Entavir 1 mg Tablet is indicated for the treatment of chronic HBV infection, including those with compensated liver disease (liver is damaged but still functions properly) and decompensated liver disease (liver is damaged and no longer functions properly).
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Directions for Use
- Entavir 1 mg Tablet can be taken on an empty stomach, preferably 2 hours before or after a meal.
- It is usually taken once daily at the same time each day or as prescribed by your doctor.
- Swallow Entavir 1 mg Tablet as a whole with a glass of water.
- Do not break, crush, or chew it.
Medicinal Benefits
- Effectively inhibits the growth of the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
- Lowers ALT/AST levels and liver inflammation.
- Inhibits or slows the development of cirrhosis.
- Reduces the chance of hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) and liver failure.
- Enhances liver health over the long run with ongoing treatment.
How Entavir 1 mg Tablet Works
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- Prepare for a restful night's sleep: Develop a calming pre-sleep routine, like reading or meditation, to help your body relax and prepare for sleep.
- Create a sleep-conducive Environment: Make bedroom a sleep haven by ensuring it is quiet, dark and calm.
- Follow a Sleep Schedule: Go to bed and get up at the same time every day to help regulate your body's internal clock and increase sleep quality.
- Try relaxing techniques like deep breathing, mindfulness meditation and any others.
- Limit stimulating activities before bedtime: Avoid stimulating activities before bedtime to improve sleep quality.
- Monitor Progress: Keep track of your sleep patterns to identify areas for improvement.
- Consult a doctor if needed: If these steps don't improve your sleep, consult a doctor for further guidance and therapy.
- Avoid driving or operating machinery or activities that require high focus until you know how the medication affects you.
- Maintain a fixed sleeping schedule, create a relaxing bedtime routine and ensure your sleeping space is comfortable to maximize your sleep quality.
- Limit alcohol and caffeine as these may worsen drowsiness and disturb sleep patterns.
- Drink plenty of water as it helps with alertness and keeps you hydrated and for overall well-being.
- Moderate physical activity can improve energy levels, but avoid intense workouts right before bedtime.
- Preventing Vomiting (Before it Happens)
- Take medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. This can help minimize side effects, including vomiting.
- Having a small meal before taking your medication can help reduce nausea and vomiting.
- Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication along with your prescribed medication.
- Managing Vomiting (If it Happens)
- Try taking ginger in the form of tea, ale, or candy to help alleviate nausea and vomiting.
- What to Do if Vomiting Persists
- Consult your doctor if vomiting continues or worsens, consult the doctor for guidance on adjusting your medication or additional treatment.
- Inform Your Doctor: Notify your doctor immediately about your diarrhoea symptoms. This allows them to adjust your medication or provide guidance on managing side effects.
- Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids to replace lost water and electrolytes. Choose water, clear broth, and electrolyte-rich drinks. Avoid carbonated or caffeinated beverages to effectively rehydrate your body.
- Follow a Bland Diet: Eat easy-to-digest foods to help firm up your stool and settle your stomach. Try incorporating bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, plain crackers, and boiled vegetables into your diet.
- Avoid Trigger Foods: Steer clear of foods that can worsen diarrhoea, such as spicy, fatty, or greasy foods, high-fibre foods, and dairy products (especially if you're lactose intolerant).
- Practice Good Hygiene: Maintain good hygiene to prevent the spread of infection. To stay healthy, wash your hands frequently, clean and disinfect surfaces regularly, and avoid exchanging personal belongings with others.
- Take Anti-Diarrheal Medications: If your doctor advises, anti-diarrheal medications such as loperamide might help manage diarrhoea symptoms. Always follow your doctor's directions.
- Keep track of your diarrhoea symptoms. If they don't get better or worse or are accompanied by severe stomach pain, blood, or dehydration signs (like extreme thirst or dark urine), seek medical help.
- Inform your doctor about the nausea and discuss possible alternatives to the medication or adjustments to the dosage.
- Divide your daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to reduce nausea.
- Opt for bland, easily digestible foods like crackers, toast, plain rice, bananas, and applesauce.
- Avoid certain foods that can trigger nausea, such as fatty, greasy, spicy, and smelly foods.
- Drink plenty of fluids, such as water, clear broth, or electrolyte-rich beverages like coconut water or sports drinks.
- Use ginger (tea, ale, or candies) to help relieve nausea.
- Get adequate rest and also avoid strenuous activities that can worsen nausea.
- Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication if your nausea is severe.
- Record when your nausea occurs, what triggers it, and what provides relief to help you identify patterns and manage your symptoms more effectively.
- Take medications with food (if recommended): It can help prevent stomach distress and indigestion.
- Eat smaller, more frequent meals: Divide daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to ease digestion.
- Avoid trigger foods: Identify and avoid foods that trigger indigestion, such as spicy, fatty, or acidic foods.
- Stay upright after eating: Sit or stand upright for at least 1-2 hours after eating to prevent stomach acid from flowing into the oesophagus.
- Avoid carbonated drinks: Avoid drinking carbonated beverages, such as soda or beer, which can worsen indigestion.
- Manage stress: To alleviate indigestion, engage in stress-reducing activities like deep breathing exercises or meditation.
- Consult a doctor if needed: If indigestion worsens or persists, consult a healthcare professional to adjust the medication regimen or explore alternative treatments.
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Drug Warnings
- If you are allergic to Entavir 1 mg Tablet or any other medicines, please tell your doctor.
- If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please consult a doctor before taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet .
- It is recommended to use effective contraceptive methods while using Entavir 1 mg Tablet to avoid pregnancy.
- Entavir 1 mg Tablet is not recommended for children below 2 years of age.
- Inform your doctor if you experience stomach pain, vomiting or nausea while taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet , as it might indicate the development of lactic acidosis (excess of lactic acid in blood), a rare but serious side effect.
- If you have HIV/AIDS or kidney or liver problems, inform your doctor before taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet .
Drug-Drug Interactions
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Combining Entavir 1 mg Tablet with ciprofloxacin may result in higher blood levels of one or both the medications.
How to manage the interaction:
Although taking ciprofloxacin and Entavir 1 mg Tablet together can possibly result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has prescribed it. If your situation changes or you start to notice more side effects, consult your doctor.
The combined use of Entavir 1 mg Tablet with methotrexate may increase levels of Entavir 1 mg Tablet, and increase the risk or severity of kidney damage.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between Entavir 1 mg Tablet and methotrexate, you can take these medicines together if prescribed by your doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, increased or decreased urination, sudden weight gain or weight loss, fluid retention, swelling, shortness of breath, tiredness, weakness, dizziness. Consult a doctor. Do not stop using any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Allopurinol with Entavir 1 mg Tablet may increase the blood levels of one or both medicines and increase side effects.
How to manage the interaction:
If you are supposed to take Allopurinol and Entavir 1 mg Tablet together, your doctor may adjust the dose or monitor you more frequently to safely use both medications. However, if you experience increased side effects, contact your doctor.
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Diet & Lifestyle Advise
Healthy eating habits:
- Eat a liver-friendly, well-balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and healthy grains.
- Reduce liver strain by limiting processed, fried, and fatty foods.
- Eat meals at regular times and drink plenty of water.
Lifestyle changes:
- Avoid alcohol entirely to safeguard your liver.
- Maintain a healthy weight by engaging in moderate exercise.
Physical activity
- Regularly engage in light to moderate exercise, such as yoga or walking.
- Steer clear of overdoing it if you're feeling weak or exhausted.
- To lessen liver strain, maintain a healthy weight.
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Alcohol
Consult your doctor
The interaction of alcohol with Entavir 1 mg Tablet is unknown. Please consult a doctor before consuming alcohol while using Entavir 1 mg Tablet .
Pregnancy
Caution
Entavir 1 mg Tablet is a category C pregnancy drug and is given to pregnant women only if the doctor thinks the benefits outweigh the risks.
Breast Feeding
Consult your doctor
It is unknown whether Entavir 1 mg Tablet is excreted in human milk. Therefore, please consult a doctor if you are breastfeeding.
Driving
Caution
Entavir 1 mg Tablet may cause dizziness, drowsiness or tiredness in some people. Therefore, avoid driving or operating heavy machinery if you feel dizzy, drowsy or tired after taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet .
Liver
Caution
Take Entavir 1 mg Tablet with caution, especially if you have a history of liver disease. The dose may be adjusted by your doctor as required. Please consult a doctor.
Kidney
Caution
Take Entavir 1 mg Tablet with caution, especially if you have a history of kidney disease. The dose may be adjusted by your doctor as required. Please consult a doctor.
Children
Caution
Entavir 1 mg Tablet is not recommended for children below 2 years or weighing less than 10 kg. However, in children above 2 years, Entavir 1 mg Tablet should be used with caution and doses prescribed by a doctor.
Heart
Safe if prescribed
Entavir 1 mg Tablet is safe for use in heart patients if recommended by the physician.
Geriatrics
Caution
Entavir 1 mg Tablet should be given with caution in elderly patients due to an increased risk of side effects. Seek medical advice before using Entavir 1 mg Tablet .
FAQs
Entavir 1 mg Tablet is used to treat chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Entavir 1 mg Tablet contains Entecavir, an antiviral drug that works by preventing viral DNA polymerase enzyme action in the liver cells, which is essential for the virus to multiply. Therefore, it prevents the virus from replicating and reduces the amount of hepatitis B virus in the body.
Yes, hepatitis B virus infection is highly contagious and spreads from one person to another. Therefore, it is recommended to avoid sharing personal items or needles containing an infected person's blood or body fluids.
Entavir 1 mg Tablet may cause lactic acidosis (excess of lactic acid in the blood), a rare but severe side effect, especially in women who are very obese. However, if you experience stomach pain, vomiting or nausea while taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet , please consult a doctor immediately.
You are not recommended to take Entavir 1 mg Tablet with celecoxib (painkiller), as it may increase the blood levels of Entavir 1 mg Tablet , leading to more adverse effects and may also affect kidney function. However, please consult your doctor before taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet with other medicines.
Entavir 1 mg Tablet does not cure hepatitis B virus infection. Entavir 1 mg Tablet reduces the amount of hepatitis B virus in the body and improves liver functioning by decreasing liver damage.
Entavir 1 mg Tablet is not recommended for hepatitis B patients with HIV infection unless they are taking medicines to treat HIV infection at the same time, as Entavir 1 mg Tablet may cause HIV infection to become resistant to certain HIV drugs and reduce their effectiveness. Therefore, it is advised to get tested for HIV infection before taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet .
You are not recommended to stop taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet without consulting your doctor, as it may worsen the infection or cause recurring symptoms. Therefore, take Entavir 1 mg Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it. If you experience any difficulty while taking Entavir 1 mg Tablet , please consult your doctor.
Entavir 1 mg Tablet may cause side effects like dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, extreme tiredness, inability to sleep, diarrhoea, or indigestion. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention. However, if the side effects worsen, please consult your doctor.
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